Author: Ian Whyte, Ottawa. BRIEFLY My vision is of an ECOCENTRIC WORLD in which the Earth and Her processes have been largely released from human pressure and She has rebounded and is now flourishing. There are an appropriate number of humans living in harmony with, and as part of, the rest of the natural world in a […]

Author: Robert Hoffman, Ottawa. Prime Minister Trudeau demonstrated at the beginning of his mandate his intention to take seriously the challenge of global warming by appointing a Minister of Environment and Climate Change and attending COP21 in Paris. He has now engaged provincial premiers. Canada has an obligation to develop an action plan to do […]

Author: Ian Whyte, Ottawa. This review is authored by a person actively engaged in the struggle (read battle) to protect the Earth in this time of environmental (and human) crises. Every person, with even a modicum of interest in the survival of the Earth as we know Her, and this should be all of us, […]

Author: Yasmin Asgarali, Ottawa. With climate change taking the front seat almost everywhere in the news today, it comes as no surprise that everyone has heard about it. Even so, many are not aware of how it can affect them personally, and the very significant role trees have in attenuating the effects of climate change. […]

Author: Bill Pugsley, Ottawa The system dynamics approach has long been used to assess the many inter-linkages that exist in the integrated world of economics, environment and society, most notably by the Club of Rome in its “World Model” and “The Limits to Growth”, published in 1972. An updated version of this model to investigate at future […]